Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 13: Trial Down the Mountain
In the side hall.

There stood dozens of outer disciples in gray robes, among whom were six or seven inner disciples in white robes.

Chen Mu and others stood by, watching their noses and hearts, waiting for Uncle Zhang to arrive.

A moment later, Uncle Zhang strode forward and sat down at the top of the hall.

Behind him were two young men in white. The one on the left had a pair of peach blossom eyes on his long face, his eyebrows and eyes were full of affection, and he had a jade flute on his waist. He was looking around at the female disciples in the hall.

The one on the right is shorter, with pale skin and a bit of fat, and his squinting eyes are expressionless, giving people the impression that he is not someone to be trifled with.

The moment Niu Dali saw him, his expression changed and he murmured, "It turned out to be him..."

Chen Mu followed his gaze, then turned to look at Lin Xuanzhu, who was standing beside him with high spirits, and compared their eyes.

"They are truly brothers..."

"My fellow disciples, I believe you have all heard about the recent attack on the market by robbers. We have now determined that they were a group of evil sect disciples who escaped from a neighboring country. Their leader has been killed by our true disciple Zhou Weiqian. The remaining followers are all evil. Our master has issued an order for you to go and conduct a trial to eliminate them. Upon your return, you will receive a reward based on your merits..."

Uncle Zhang spoke loudly from above.

"We are sending two inner disciples, Lin Xuanming and Zhu Yongxin, to accompany you..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xuanming bowed upwards to show his respect, then stood aside in silence.

The long-faced disciple Zhu Yongxin waved to the outer disciples repeatedly with a smile on his face.

"Okay, go back and pack up, and set off tomorrow!" Uncle Zhang stopped talking and immediately led Zhu Yuelian out of the side hall.

"Junior Brother Niu, are you ready?" Lin Xuanming walked over and asked with concern.

Niu Dali sneered, clasped his hands together casually, and said calmly: "Thank you, Senior Brother Lin, for your concern. I am ready."

Lin Xuanming didn't seem angry, instead he replied: "That's good... That's good."

At this time, Zhu Yongxin also came over and patted Lin Xuanzhu on the shoulder, "Brother Lin, I guess this is your brother."

Lin Xuanzhu was delighted and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Zhu..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhu Yongxin.

"Is this Junior Brother Niu? Seeing is believing..."

Niu Dali bowed and said a few polite words, then said goodbye and left with Chen Mu and others.

Until they walked out of the hall, the two inner disciples Lin and Zhu did not even glance at Chen Mu and the other two.

"Brother Chen, you have seen it. In their eyes, no matter whether they are outer disciples or menial disciples, they are not worthy of being called fellow disciples..." Niu Dali sneered.

Chen Mu remained silent...

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The next day.

More than twenty floating cloud cranes flapped their wings and flew up, with three or four disciples sitting on the back of each crane.

The crane's wings vibrated and the clouds and mist floated.

Flying over the mountains, we arrived at a swamp filled with gray fog.

The leader Lin Xuanming made a hand gesture with his right hand and shot a yellow light into the gray fog.

After a while, a red light resembling fire appeared in the gray fog to serve as a guide.

The floating cranes flew towards the fire and slowly descended.

"It's Senior Brother Lin who leads the team." A garrison disciple stepped forward and said with a smile.

Lin Xuanming nodded and said, "Junior Brother, have you tracked down the whereabouts of the fleeing evil sect disciples?"

The disciple on guard immediately took out several jade slips and said aloud, "Each jade slip records the hiding place of the evil sect's disciples. Each place is monitored by disciples of the master sect. When you arrive, you can contact them first."

Lin Xuanming took the jade slip, glanced at the outer disciples behind him, and distributed the jade slips to the disciples who had advanced to the fourth level of Qi Condensation. "You each lead about ten people. Is it possible?"

Niu Dali and others nodded in agreement, no one refused.

Doing more work means higher rewards, not to mention that you have just been promoted to the inner sect and are short of resources.

"Okay, you guys go!" Lin Xuanming waved his hand, a gleam in his eyes.

Niu Dali came to Chen Mu and others and randomly selected seven people, four men and three women, plus Chen Mu, Du Xiaokui and Xiaoshuang, exactly ten people.

All the chosen disciples had happy expressions on their faces. They knew that Niu Dali, who had been promoted to the inner sect early on, must be very powerful, and Chen Mu always won first place in the disciple competitions. Following them would definitely be safe and hassle-free.

Niu Dali looked at the ten people beside him, "Three are at the third level of Qi Condensation, and seven are at the second level of Qi Condensation." He nodded, not bad.

He handed the jade slip to Chen Mu and asked him to take a look.

Chen Mu took the jade slip and read it intently. It clearly recorded the location of the evil sect's disciples. He selected them one by one and chose one. "Let's go find the one in Xingu City."

Niu Dali chuckled, having no objection. He called on all the disciples to board the Flowing Cloud Crane and shouted, "Let's go!"

Half a day later, Chen Mu and his group saw the outline of Xingu City.

Xingu City is the only city of cultivators within a radius of 100 miles, and the city lord is a casual cultivator in the foundation-building stage.

Before they even got close to the city gate, Chen Mu and the others got off the Liuyunhe.

When we walked to the city gate, we saw a long queue with a new valley guard in front. Each cultivator in the queue could get a jade talisman by handing over a spirit stone and staying in the city for one month.

Niu Dali walked forward and showed the Shuiyunjian disciple token to the guard.

"So you're a disciple of Shuiyun. You don't need to pay spirit stones. Come into the city quickly," the guard of Xingu said calmly. After entering the city, they followed the jade slip to a place of luxury and debauchery.

Because he hadn't concealed his whereabouts, a Taoist priest in white came up to him a moment later and said, "Brothers, are you here to look for the thief? I'm Liu Xuan, the one who's in charge of keeping an eye on him."

Niu Dali bowed and said, "That's right, Senior Brother Liu, I wonder where this thief is now?"

The Taoist turned around and pointed: "It's in here."

Liuxian Garden.

There happened to be a few mortal women standing in front of the door. They were wearing light gauze and looked graceful. They smiled sweetly at Chen Mu and others and waved to them constantly.

Suddenly, several female disciples blushed, and the other disciples were not much better, avoiding glances.

They all grew up in Shuiyunjian and had never seen such a scene.

"When that evil sect disciple saw that he couldn't get rid of me, he gave up on himself and went in to enjoy himself." The Taoist chuckled.

Chen Mu took the lead, followed closely by Niu Dali and others.

The jade slip records that this evil sect disciple is at the third level of Qi Condensation, so Niu Dali is temporarily arranged to maintain order.

Following the Taoist priest's instructions, Chen Mu used his magical powers to knock open a tightly closed door.

"Ah!" a woman screamed.

"Why are you screaming? It's so exciting... You don't know how to enjoy it." A pale-faced, disheveled man on the bed slowly turned around, without even wearing any clothes, and kicked the woman under him away.

"Are you finally here to kill me..." The man shrugged his shoulders, his face was ferocious, and he laughed.

A black ring flew out from his grinning mouth, and the next moment, a zombie emitting a foul smell rushed towards Chen Mu from the ring.

Chen Mu put his right hand two fingers together to form a sword, and slashed at the zombie's neck. A water-blue sword energy came out and slashed the zombie's neck.

"Ding..." There was a sharp sound, which did not seem to be caused by cutting flesh, but metal.

Although the sword energy did not succeed, it still repelled the zombies.

Chen Mu seized the opportunity, made a hand gesture with his left hand, and a water snake crawled towards the man at an incredible speed. Then, without even looking at him, he slashed again with his right hand.

He chopped off the zombie in the same place, this time cutting off most of its neck, leaving only a thin layer connecting it to the head.

Seeing this scene, the man who had wrapped the water snake with a ball of black air turned red with shock. He immediately clenched his teeth, clasped his hands together, and a faint black nail appeared faintly in the air.

Chen Mu's consciousness alerted him and he felt a slight pain.

Not daring to be careless, he quickly added another sword strike, completely chopping off the zombie's head. The zombie did not die without its head, but it had lost its position and was running around the room.

Niu Dali, who was standing by, disliked his fishy smell, so he used his magic power to throw him out.

The man was spitting blood, and veins popped out on his face. In an instant, the veins disappeared, wrinkles appeared, and his hair turned white. "Go."

The black nail immediately left a black line in the air and flew towards Chen Mu.

Chen Mu pinched his fingers and summoned a water shield to block the way.

The black nail plunged into the water shield, and the water shield quickly turned black. In half a breath, the black nail broke through the shield.

Du Xiaokui, who was standing by and waving flags to cheer, immediately looked towards Niu Dali when he saw this scene.

Niu Dali's eyes changed slightly, and he was about to help, but when he saw Chen Mu's calm face, he stopped.

Chen Mu remained calm, clasped his hands together, and silently recited a difficult spell.

Within the Dantian, five drops of spiritual liquid dissipated into mist.

In an instant, the sound of waves came from the air in front of Chen Mu, and rootless water emerged in response, occupying most of the room. It surged back and forth with Chen Mu's thoughts and circled around him.

The black nails flew straight in, and wherever they touched, everything was turned into black water, falling down uncontrollably.

When the black nail was halfway through, it seemed to have lost its power and gradually stopped. Then it turned into a wisp of black smoke and disappeared into the rootless water.

Seeing this, Chen Mu withdrew his magic power, and the waves that were surging just now suddenly dissipated, giving people a feeling of unreality.

Turning to look at the man, I found that he had collapsed to the ground with his eyes closed. It was obvious that he had been dead for a while.

He took out his storage bag. Since he was dead, the imprint of his magic power had dissipated, so Chen Mu opened it and checked it easily.

There were only a dozen spirit stones and an identity token with the word "Ghost Spirit" printed on it.

It seems that he knew his death was near, so he destroyed all his valuables...

He took the identity token, took out the spirit stone, and threw it to the other disciples: "Divide it among you."

I took the credit for this trip, which can be considered as some compensation to other disciples.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Chen..." the other disciples hurriedly thanked him.

After cleaning up, everyone left Liuxian Garden. Many armored Xin Gu law enforcement disciples were waiting outside the door.

I saw Senior Brother Liu Xuan talking with a law enforcement disciple, laughing constantly and looking very happy.

After a while, the law enforcement disciple turned around and led the others to retreat.

Senior Brother Liu also waved to Chen Mu and the others with a relaxed look: "My fellow junior brothers, I have completed my mission and will return to the sect now. See you in the sect!"

Chen Mu and others bowed and saw them off.

(End of this chapter)